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He Lost His Church.

Irun tnt boston IraveIer, September "a.
Admirable indeed is the courage OF that minister
10 whom DIR. Strong alluded In his recent address
20 the Boston Evangelical Ministers Association.
pastor was pleading with his people for a larger
manifestation OF sympathy TO the poor and desti-
tute around them, when an influential church
member arose and said he wanted none on that
Class In his pew. The bold reJoinder came at once
from him who believed he had been commissioned
10 preach the Gospel 10 the poor II Will not cease
my plea TIL the door OF this church swings In 10
the slightest touch OF the needy" But his SYM
pathy with the outcast cost that pastor his place
10 the shame OF that church be u recorded.
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The Saturday Half Holiday no Good.

The legalizng OF Saturday afternoon as half
holiday can accomplish little OF real bene1t 70 the
workingman. II Will either be entirely disre.
garded, or will result In loss so much In wages
TO the worker. Anything that tends 10 curtail
production or increase its cost must Inevitably
work against the interests OF the consumer and
the laboring man II according 10 his Income the
largest consumer, and In the end will suffer the
most. Laws are doubtless valuable and necessary
but there may be too much law. IL cannot step In
ana settle every question arising In the course OF
business between employer and employed without
danger OF injury 20 both. case IN point Is this
same saturday half holiday. During the summer
months IL was readily conceded but as the bu sy
season comes on IL Is either Oisregaried or works
injury 10 business and proves Instantaneous 10
all
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New and Terrible Explosives.

from the London Tlmes
There Is no end TO the perfectly diaborcal COM
petition OF the military powers OF Europe in the
discovery OF new chemical agents for the destruc
ton OF mankind. Ii is reported that the Russian
minister OF war has just concluded a series Of
experiments OF new explosive compound which
bios fair 10 Guido the qualities OF melinte robu-
rite. and all other explosives whatever In It's ap
glicauion To all the present uses OF gunpowder
This new and numerous composition is destined
say many persons 10 revolutionize the existing
system or ammunition. The new explosive Is the
discovery OF a Russian engineer, and has been
chr1stened Sleetoyer. Its strength is equal that
OF pyroxyline, and has the immense advantage OF
being ten times cheaper than ordinary yilainous
saltpeter. Another great superiority which IL
possesses over all the known explosives OF the
dynamite class Is that when fired It's force does
not strike downward but entirely In forw ard
direction, so that IL can be used for all the plIr-
poses OF cannon and musket charges TO which or.
binary gunpowder is now applied without any
damage whatever 10 the weapon from which IL IL
discharged IL is stated. In fact, that ball cart
ridges loaded with ft have been fired out OF card
board barrels as test without the least injury To
tue latter. So satisfactory, indeed have been the
experiments that IL Is reported the minister 81
war Is about TO have special factory built for It's
manufacture. The composition OF the new com,
pound Is OF course. a deep secret
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A Fatal Habit Of speech.


heard on State street yesterday an authentic
story OF detective aeuteneSS Everybody is famil.
lar with the trick that many men have OF Gaping
whatever they hear said when they do not dis
sent, with some familiar expression. Thus, one
man says precisely" another 'eractly": and
there Is considerable faction for whom the words
"Just so or Ito be sure, seem TO MI the required
need. Not long ago a Boston man stole a large
sum OF money from his employers and fed TO the
West. A description OF him was sent TO detec-
uves and police superintendent generally, and
about month after his escape Minnesota officer
telegraphed that he thought he had his eye upon
the person wanted. His appearance, however.
was very different from that described In the cir
cular. The situation was = pressing one; II the
supposed criminal was such ia fact, he might at
any moment ny to Canada. On the other hand TO
arrest an innocent person would cause good deal
OF trouble. The object was TO identify the man
possible within q few hours In this
emergency the Boston detective In charge OF the
case examined and cross-ex amined the thief's en-
ployersas TO his Peculiarities They could MT upon
nothing distinctive till finally the detective In
Quired, in q moment OF inspiration, II he had any
particular way OF expressing himself. yes was
the reply; 81 never knew the FELLOW 70 talk three
minutes without saying i believe you" In half
an hour the information was telegraphed 70 the
West; within four hours the Minnesota detective
had q long chat with his man, and before night
the thief was arrested.
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Gratitude that OutIasted Life.

From the Macon (Ga.D telegraph, Sept. 13.
story that is vouched for as strictly true comes
to us from North Carolina Many years ago Mr.
Jas. McCurry, OF Laurens, S c., went OF to Call.
fornIa to make his fortune, but was compelled to
write home for funds His relatives were probably
poor, but Geo. billiard, his brother-in-law, strug
CLING young attorney, now OF Nashville, scraped
up and sent him 500. McCurry soon began Ia
story short, became, through fortunate invest
ments In California mineral lands, many times a
millionaire. But he seems never TO have forgotten
the help extended TO him by his relatives when he
was needy, and now that he Is dead, q certified
copy OF his Will sent to Ashev1lle reveals the fac;
that the two daughters OF billiard are heiresses IL
e1 600 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

The Farmers Rerie,f, OF Chicago, estimates the
corn crop OF 1887 at 800, coo, 900 bushels.
In a letter from Wadelal, dated April l., Fmin
Bey declares that he VIII not leave the country,
and all he asks OF England is TO make free trading
way 10 the coast.
AT Blnghamton. ". Y, yesterday, the Cigar
makers international Union passed resolutions
protesting az ainst the proposed abolition VI the
internal revenue tax on cigars
Z. A. Gillette, formerly manager Of the Hot9l
Kaaterskill died at Surield, Conn, yesterday.
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The Rev. Mr. Warren May Land.

COLLECTOR hAGoSR CANNOT FIND ANY LAW THAI
MAKES PREACHING LABOR
The New York Sun says: Collector Magone In
speaking yesterday OF the letter OF Jno - Ken.
nedy calling his attention 60 the arrival OF the
Rev. Mr.. Warren from England 20 take the pastor
ate OF Holy Trinity, and referring TO the statute
prohibiting the Importation OF contract labor
remarked that he could take no action in ha
premises He added: "Mr. kenaedy's letter ca liz
attention TO new industry-preachlng. IL would
De rldlcuous for me 10 take any action In the
Yer. There Is no statute governing the question.
The law refers 10 labor, not 10 professional sery-
ices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

LEFT THIRD WIFE AND TWENTY-FIVE Chill
DREN.-Edmond Montgomery died near AmcriCus,
Ga, O few days ago aged one hundred and two
years. lie Was an African chief OF the Askari
tribe and was taken 10 Virginia from Africa In
large family in Virginia, and when he died ne
lett his third wife and twenty-five childrea In
Georgia. His grandchildren aud grratgrandC hfl-
dren are unknown and unnumbered. He had TO
markedly good eyesight and health, and never
took dose or medicine In his life. lie had tee IA
like ivory and every one WAS ia his head 1t tie
time OF his death.
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Fishing with Charlie.


We have been on diplomatic fishing expeditions
very frequently With John Bull, and Brother JON
athan has come out second best every time. This
makes the country shake its head doubtfully at
tne prospect OF the new commission. The English
are 80 req not Tor 1t, and Bayard is so welded to
the commission idea, that IL causes the cautious
hankee at ieast 70 hesitate before taking another
ieap mo tne ozark. When young lady getting
apto O0at was asked ''where she was going" she
answered, "F1Sh1nG with Charlie" On her return
Sne was asked what she had caught, and replied
"Charue." These fishery commissions are Affairs
where one party IL quite sure to be caught. We
are tlred OF being the party that takes the hood.
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Washington stock Exchange.

The following changes from yesterdays quotations
RD,c 5o1yesr fund: s7S5s 1924; currency. III
mems Insurance, 46 asked National Metropolitan
Insurance, II bid National Union Insurance Is bid
asked Rigs Insurance. 93 asked. Board Of Public
10 bid. National Bank OF the Republic, I55 bid
Farmers and Mechanics Bank Georgetown l65
asked Columbia NHtional Bank, ll2k asked
Columbia Title Insurance. asked Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Co.. 7S bid, 80 asked. WASH
ington Light Infantry Ids. 81 bid.
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A Hundred Years Old.


To-day, colored woman aged about nifty years
appeared at the ofice OF the Recorder OF Deeds
and asked to look into her property interests stat
ing that she was slave OF "Judge Billy Williams"
who lived here century ago and LEFT her property
which is now worth a million. Mr.. Trotter sug.
gested that there was some mistake for Judge
Williams II he died hundred years ago, could not
nave left her any property. ooh, yes"
she REPLIED che did: Why! you don't know my
age; am hundred" Then 1t was clear that she
was a crank, and Mr.. Trotter called on one OF the
assistants and make q search, which was com.
was made that no real estate was standing Ia II r
name. She was. however, advised TO employ q
lawyer, and was recommended 10 one to whom le
is now giving the points in her case.
RANGE OF THE THRRMoNETER--Thef following
H., SO; p. w., 80: maximum 60; minimum, 81
Judge Merrick has ordered that citations be
Issued TO all executors, administrators. and
guardians who are ia default as to Ming their ac-
counts.
j. Augustus Taylor, OF COB 14th street, has sold
ior H. e. Porter to Robert T. Moore, lot 40, square
Ill, for $3.50.
THE WEEKLY STARS Pocket Atlas OF the World Il
Oneed free TO every subscriber for one year to
the WEEKLY STAR. 1t is a handsomely printed
than 100 colOred maps and diagrams, and contains
wealth OF general Information. See advertise.
ment In another column.
The Courts.
EQUITY COURT-Judge lNerrick
To-day, in re Albert j. Richard lunatic: A. K.
Browne appointed committee.
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Alexandra I'm Better Health

World.
Danish correspondent informs me that the
health Of the Princess OF Wales has greatly I'm
proved since her arrival in Denmark 1t Is no use
disgusting the fact that the late London season,
coupled with the terrible shock TO the system by
the fate which has befallen her favorie sister, the
Duchess OF Cumberland, had affected her royal
hlglneos health considerably; but, thanks to the
ssEiai SURROUNDINGS enjoyed during the last few
Up to the time OF the arrival OF the emperor and
empress OF Russia life at BernSdOrN and Fredens-
borg had been OF the quteteSt character the chief
diversions consisting or drives in the neEhbOrhoOd
and visits to old friends the estates Only once
her royal highness and her two daughters visited
Copenhagen-namely, In order to witness the per-
1ormance at the wei known Schumann circus,
Since then, however a bali has been given at
FredensbOrg In honor OF the birthday OF the Prin-
at which the Princess OF Wales, with the rest OF
the royalties now gathered at the castle, was pre-
sent.
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DYING WITH THE BLACK TONGUE FRvER.-Smth-
Vile, Caroline County, Nd, Is I'm state or excite
ment over the announcement OF the black tongue
fever, which Is prevalent In that vicinity. The
family OF widow was the first TO be stricken,
and during the past week f1ve OF them have died,
leaving the mother ana the remaining chi a In A
dying condition. The members OF the afflicted
family are compelled 10 bury their dead, as the
residents OF the immediate neighborhood viii not
venture near the c0ntagion. The state board OF
health has closed the schools and churches In the
fsff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

From the st. Louis 6lobe-Democrst
Fats, especially those which are OF easy diges-
ton, IKE c0d-Mver Oil and sweet cream, are also
essential to the well-being OF the nervous system
The peculiar NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In al
nervous structures contains fat as an essent1a
constituent. 1t Is remarkable that most nervous
individuals have q strong aversion TO fats az
arttcles OF diet. This Is extremely unfortunate,
for the omission OF fats and oils from the diet
tends TO not only continue the nervousness but 70
increase the rr1tability and weakness COd-liver
OIL Is q most valuable medicine in such cases,
because it Il already partly digested by admixturs
WITH the bile secreted by the liver or the fish, and
thus rendered more easy OF absorption. The labor
OF digestion is thus partly taken away nom the
tasks TO be performed by the invalid. or course,
the shy Odor 70 Objectionable at first but this Il
0eneraIly easily overcome by continuing its use
Tor a short time. There are few preparations on
the market In which Oil OF some KIND has beer
narttaIly digeSted by admlxture OF pancreaf1ne
Emulsi ous thus made are palaIable but much mort
extensive than the crude OIL
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PACIFIC RAILROADS.
The Commission Resumes Its Invesli-
CATION IO.Day.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-The Union Pacific Railway
investigation commission resumed its hearings
this morning. Business was opened by the pre-
sentation OF an affidavit by John j. Jackson OF
San Francisco, giving the particulars attending
his arrangement OF the sale Of Senator Jones
Nevada railroad. Then lawyer cohen stated that
he had read the Huntington-COltOn letters, and
said he had found no such alusiOn in them as that
the Union Pacific 'never had lost any money by
Senator John A. kaSSOn."
r, This statement was put on record. Editor
horace white, or the Erening Post, then came
forward as voluntary witness on lis own behalf
he said he had never received any money from
either the Union Pacific or Kansas Pacific rail-
roads. 1t was stated there was voucher indicat-
ing he had received $745 from the Union Pacific.
but Mr. White was so sure OF his integrity that ii
.1,sary he would go TO Kansas City to see the
MI. isaac Gaetz has been connected with the
Central Pacific and c. p. Huntington q long time.
ne knew MI; Huntingion's business methods. He
signed all official checks with his own name. The
checks were generally made out by a certain Mr.
Emery IN the office. Checks were all made out to
had TO 1ndOrse them to make them valid Some
times the vice-president had him indOrse checks
made out to no specific order which were for turn
had private bank account
"what becomes OF the old stub check books?'
was asked.
81 don't KNOW was the reply
Ihen the witness was asked the meaning of
large sums OF money placed opposite his name by
Mr.. Huntington In his regular reports to San
Francisco. But Mr.. GaetZ said he did not know
anything about this matter save that the entries
acre probably representing the blank checks he
had made out as before testified. Witness never
made up the reports.
Mr.. Huntington did that himself and witness
DID not know who assisted him. Though IL WI q
shown that between 1872 and 1880 over 100 SUCH
entries were made against the witness name. he
could only say that he did not dnow what become
OF the checks. Though he had an idea money was
paid to Gen. TranchOt and Mr. Scherer he could
hot remember specifically.
The company lawyer was then formally called
upon to produce The check stubs and the cheeks
during 1S72-1SSO, and the lawyer nodded silently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

The forty-frst annual convention OF the
NATIONAL Council Order United American Mechan-
les opened In New Haven yesterday with forty
dele9atea The secretary reported an increase OF
EO6 IN membership the past year.
There was one death among the cholera stricken
messengers OF the Italian steamer AleSia who are
duAFanttned In New York bay. Another death 1s
expected
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From the London Daily News.
We learn on high authority that the vegetarian
propaganda" has never been carried out on so
large scale or with such systematic arrange
ments as during the present summer The sum
mer propaganda" as appears from the societys
report. has consisted in vegetarian dinners to city
missionaries and their wives, members OF leading
professions, clergy, and other educational bodies;
Land owners, doctors, farmers, and others. In one
instance six hundred guests sat down In the
queens hall OF the peoples palace. The Salvation
Army's London staff have held vegetarian ban
quet and lady philanthropsts, Congregational
ministers, Baptists Wesleyans, unitarians, Post
twists, and Quakers have been RECALLED in the
same Innocent way, not to speak or vegetarian
dinners to the poor at city mission stations Good
Templar lodges. and public halls. special weeks
mission OF vegetarian dinners and meetings held
at Mile End in connection with an exhibition and
bazaar at Easter, did not, we learn. prove to be
great attraction" but elsewhere the society's
operations seem to have been emnently successful.
There appears to be no fewer than twenty-three
vegetarian restaurants in London alone, exclusive
or vegetarian "homes, where vegetarian travellers
are accommodated on reasonable terms" A fur
ther notable feature is the establishment OF sew
eral seaside vegetarian homes, one OF when has
taken to Itself the pretty name OF "Cerealian
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SHE TRIES 10 sNpeGLE t57 600 WORTH oP ooops
THROUGH rHR NEw YORK CUSTOM HOUSE,
Among the passengers who arrived NJ New York
on the steamship la GascoSne sunday was a Bos-
ton dressmaker named Miss NJ Kennedy. When
her baggage had been placed on the dock she
opened one OF her trunks, and. taking out a silk
dress, carelessiy threw 10 on the noor Then she
quickly picked up box that had lain under IN,
dress and handed &c 10 a man who started 10 place
II In his trunk which had been passed Thu
movement was seen 10y special customs officers
who seized the box and arrested the woman and
man. The box contained four handsome hand
embroidered dresses worth several hundred dnlisrs
each. The dress that had been thrown aside Wa
found 20 De lined with costly laces and silk and
satin dress goods An inspectress found that Mis-
Kennedy had lact's silks &C., 60 the value Of ssy.
erh thousand dollars concealed on her person
Her other baggage, three trunks and a acking
case was seized but not opened. The goods dis
covered are valued az SS7oo0. IL II thought thai
the other baGgage Will Weld as much mort.
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Baltimore Markets.

=, BALTIMORE: ND. September 2s.-virRinis new
threes 90. North Carolina six0e old. 122 bid to dsy
mans ssaay .nS ss .esSe
d. ss s 81
family. 40 IIss. southern steady and hrm for for
red as sSSs Mse smeE And
So December 80 .as3a. Corn-southern firm: white.
BID
4s asked Oats steady and quiet and
steady prime to choice western. Is.oosls 20.
ais5o. Bull meats shoulders and Clear oi rib
SIDES packed .sf s:ms :sk sssr
Butter auiet.xes.ssgn, pscksa iSa20 Creamery a6s
@ ernsTy S s
s1yk. Sugar steady and quesIA soft. 116: copper
Freight. to per sn
cotton 1854 our, Is Sd grain. 2a23 Nd Recedpts-
5000 SSses s
bushels a Sa.ses Ssh. Sales
Chicago Markets.
CHICAGO I'LL. September %. IL q m.-Wheat
and corn opened weak. October wheat opened at 49,
Ss f$ October asd S Ss7 j:nSars ssos.
ribs. GAO.
Realism at al Colored Compromising.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The colored camp-meet1ng that has been In
Ohio for weeks, closed last night In a sea OF ex.
citement by an actual exhibition OF the fatted
calf and the return OF the prodgal son. weary and
forlorn, to his fathers home. A big calf had been
killed In the afternoon and roasted in trench
dug In the ground near the minister's stand be-
fore which It stood In naked view, ON q rustic
table, when after dark fifteen hundred people, of
all colors and denominations. ages ana sexes.
gathered for the evening worship md to Sc
touching tales OF the New Testament Rev.
Daniel Lucas, colored, OF HllsbOrough,
was the preacher In charge and ate several Re:
plantation melodies. young cOloret man came
on to the stage and demanded OF his father his
part OF his pa1nmony, as he was gong 70 leave
his home and go out into the world 70 EEK his Tor
young man his part OF the estate In money, and
the youth with his carpet-Sack on ais shoulder,
started forth. Rev. Lucas preached for over an
hour an eloquent sermon on the Old story Of the
he looked out over the heads OF the vast crowd
before him and saw leaning against q tree his son
in tatters and rags, weeping and casting
timid glances over 20 IN, ms Istnsrs house The
prOdigal went up on TO the stand, and his mother
put new robe on him, rings on his finger and
went on his neck. Then the fatted calf was put
on the table, and the colored folks all gathered
spread before them. This scene, occurring In the
darkness OF night in the big woods, with only q
few lights from torches, and amid the singing and
chanting OF colored voices. which filled the air.
was one OF the most remarkable sights ever WIT
messed, and was hardly surpassed by any exhibi-
ton OF vOOdOOiSm that has ever been seen in New
Orleans. The prayers and shouts OF the blacks
added to the mystery, ana the white people looked
| magical spell held for hours the simpie-mdnded
Africans wrapped up In excitement and devotion
to their solemn and religious ntea
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PHILADELPHIA. Sept 2s.-A sx-day seventy-two
day, October 10, at the Columbia Rink. The en-
tries TO date include vint, Noremac, Strokel, Al
BERT Sam Day, Adams and other noted pedes-
TRANS In addition to division Of the gate re-
cepts special prize OF $500 Is offered the Contest
ant who may succeed In beating the record OF $3.50
miles and an extra prize OF 81 900 Is offered the
pr deStian who beats the record of AIS miles said
to have been made at EastOn Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

BROUGHT IN A WRECK.-The Navy Department
is Informed OF the arrival Of the Atlanta Ut Lewes
Del, yesterday, having in tow a wreck, which was
found floating bottom up. Seven torpedoes failed
To blow the wreck up, they brought IL in to the
custom house. IL Was loaded with lumber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

Deputy Minister Of Fisheries Tilton, OF Canada
reports that all but forty American schoOners
have left the fishing grounds The catch has
been very small
The question Of admitting woman to sit In the
Methodist General Conference at Cincinnati and
the question OF admitting women as lay delegates,
VIII be presented. Several Western conferences
have elected women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

The schooner Canning has been seized by Nova
Scottan customs officers for smuggling in 1885,
when she was the property OF Boston nrn. A
Nova ScOtian nrm now owns her.
Treasury agents in New York are seeking evi-
dence against importers who attempted to snug
gle large lot OF iaees and silks from France re-
Gently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-28

The steamer State, Of Nebraska, which arrived
yesterday from Glasgow, has on deck q Yacht
which Is to have an electric motor.